Buying my first gaming computer, new to the whole thing please help!

So I've been a console gamer my whole life but I've finally decided to get a gaming computer, I'm ordering it from Cyberpowerpc.com. I am going to list the specs and I just want to know if it will be able to play pretty much any game and not be outdated for a year. Thanks in advance for the replies!

• Case:* Apevia X-Plorer 2 Mid-Tower Case w/ Side-Panel Window and MultiMeter Display (Black Color with 200mm UV Blue LED Fan)
• Laser Engraving:None
• Laser Engraving Message:
• Freebies:None
• Internal USB Extension Module:NZXT Internal USB 6-PORT Expansion Module [+19]
• Neon Light Upgrade:Flexible LED Interior Light Strip [+19] (Blue Color)
• Extra Case Fan Upgrade:Maximum 120MM Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+9]
• Noise Reduction Technology:Power Supply Gasket [+5]
  Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts [+9]
• CPU:Intel® Core? i5-3570K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified)
• Freebies:None
• Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel:* Intel® Core? i5-3570K Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel [+24]
• Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking:Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more) [+19]
• Cooling Fan:Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Dual Standard 120MM Fans (Push-Pull) [+9])
• Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits:Standard Coolant
• Motherboard:* [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, Ultra Durable4 Classic, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 2x Gen3 PCIe x16, 3x PCIe x1 & 2 PCI (Extreme OC Certified)
• Intel Smart Response Technology for Z77:None
• Memory:16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory [+32] (Corsair or Major Brand)
• Video Card:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+86] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
• Freebies:None
• Video Card 2:None
• Video Card 3:None
• Power Supply Upgrade:700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [+10]
• Hard Drive:1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
• Data Hard Drive:None
• Hard Drive Cooling Fan:Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System [+21] (1 x System)
• External Hard Drive (USB3.0/2.0/eSATA):None
• USB Flash Drive:None
• Optical Drive:LG UH12LS28K 12X Blu-Ray Player & DVDRW Combo Drive [+41] (BLACK COLOR)
• Optical Drive 2:None
• Sound:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
• 3D Vision Glasses:None
• LCD Monitor:None
• 2nd Monitor:None
• 3rd Monitor:None
• Speakers:None
• Network:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
• Keyboard:Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard
• Mouse:XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
• Mouse Pad:None
• Gaming Gear:None
• Extra Thermal Display:None
• Wireless 802.11B/G Network Card:Linksys WMP600N Wireless-N Dual-Band Adapter [+66]
• External Wireless Network Card:None
• Wireless 802.11 B/G/N Access Point:None
• Bluetooth:None
• Flash Media Reader/Writer:INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
• Video Camera:None
• Headset:None
• Printer:None
• Cable:None
• Power Protection:None
• IEEE1394 Card:None
• Internal USB Port:Internal USB 3.0 4-Port Hub [+29]
• USB Port:None
• Operating System:Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)
• Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner:None
• Office Suite:None
• Games:None
• Ultra Care Option:None

Feel free to tell me any things I should change

Agree with above. You'll get better value if you build it to exactly what you need.

Dell and Alienware offer a lot of customization and specialize in high end gaming rigs. They're expensive but you get what you pay for.

The GPU is ok but could be much better.

I don't know which motherboard that is but judging by the name it's a crossfire (amd) based board which I don't think is necessary with one card. You won't need liquid cooling either unless you're going to be overclocking the processor and I don't think you would have to overclock it anyway.

The GPU is ok but could be much better.

Postmortem123

I don't know which motherboard that is but judging by the name it's a crossfire (amd) based board which I don't think is necessary with one card. You won't need liquid cooling either unless you're going to be overclocking the processor and I don't think you would have to overclock it anyway.

-Unreal-

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The GPU is ok but could be much better.

mrjigyfly02790

[QUOTE="Postmortem123"]

The GPU is ok but could be much better.

mrjigyfly02790

The 3570k is slightly better.

^^ What he said.

Cyberpower is ass. Go to Maingear.com.

I don't understand people. You will save a thousand dollars easy if you build it yourself. It's so amazingly simple to do it, it's not even funny. There's a whole forum about PC hardware FULL of people who will help you if you have any questions.

computer hardware section -----> that way

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/board/314159272/computer-hardware-discussion

computer hardware section -----> that way

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/board/314159272/computer-hardware-discussion

GameFan1983

this +100

Go to Computer Hardware section

Have everybody tell you to build

lol

I don't understand people. You will save a thousand dollars easy if you build it yourself. It's so amazingly simple to do it, it's not even funny. There's a whole forum about PC hardware FULL of people who will help you if you have any questions.

airshocker

Yeah, everyone over at the hardware forum can give you some good advice. But here are some quickies:

- don't bother with a liquid cooling system or paying for a 10% overclock

- not enough GPU. Try and get a GTX 670 as it's pretty much the best bang for your buck at the moment. You can sacrifice in the CPU department.. or well, could.. if it wasn't a pre-built

- you don't need cooling fans for your hard drive

- don't buy a wireless card for gaming

- you don't need to buy an internal USB hub. Every motherboard comes with a ton of USB connections

- that crossfire motherboard is a waste with a single card, but.. pre-built. If you're only going with a single GPU, you can spend less than a hundred bucks on a motherboard

By cutting out a couple of those things, you can put that money towards a GTX 670, and not sure what your sound solution is, but you may want to consider a good headset or headphones and a mic.

^ Agreeing with the post above. Save money on all those things and maybe a 500GB HDD, 8 GB RAM, and get a GTX 670 instead.

edit* Also get rid of LEDs, noise reduction, and do you really need a Blu-ray drive?

Yeah, everyone over at the hardware forum can give you some good advice. But here are some quickies:

- don't bother with a liquid cooling system or paying for a 10% overclock

- not enough GPU. Try and get a GTX 670 as it's pretty much the best bang for your buck at the moment. You can sacrifice in the CPU department.. or well, could.. if it wasn't a pre-built

- you don't need cooling fans for your hard drive

- don't buy a wireless card for gaming

- you don't need to buy an internal USB hub. Every motherboard comes with a ton of USB connections

- that crossfire motherboard is a waste with a single card, but.. pre-built. If you're only going with a single GPU, you can spend less than a hundred bucks on a motherboard

By cutting out a couple of those things, you can put that money towards a GTX 670, and not sure what your sound solution is, but you may want to consider a good headset or headphones and a mic.

MyopicCanadian

So I was looking for another motherboard because you all say it's overkill but it's one of the cheapest ones. THere is only one cheaper by 10$ which is the:[CrossFireX] Biostar TZ77B Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, Toverclocker, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 2x PCIe x16 (1 Gen3, 1 Gen2) 2x PCIe x1 & 2 PC

As for the video card the GTX 670 is 200$ more which I can't afford. It seems like the AMDs are a lot cheaper I've just always heard Nvidias were the best. What are your opinions on amd's and whats a good one?

As for the water cooling and other stuff you guys think is unecessary it's only 30$ so it's like why not get it even if its not necessary.

dont get dell or alienware unless you wanna overpay. themagicbum9720

[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]

Yeah, everyone over at the hardware forum can give you some good advice. But here are some quickies:

- don't bother with a liquid cooling system or paying for a 10% overclock

- not enough GPU. Try and get a GTX 670 as it's pretty much the best bang for your buck at the moment. You can sacrifice in the CPU department.. or well, could.. if it wasn't a pre-built

- you don't need cooling fans for your hard drive

- don't buy a wireless card for gaming

- you don't need to buy an internal USB hub. Every motherboard comes with a ton of USB connections

- that crossfire motherboard is a waste with a single card, but.. pre-built. If you're only going with a single GPU, you can spend less than a hundred bucks on a motherboard

By cutting out a couple of those things, you can put that money towards a GTX 670, and not sure what your sound solution is, but you may want to consider a good headset or headphones and a mic.

mrjigyfly02790

1.You can overclock yourself VERY easily, it's a waste of money to pay for it.

2.Yes, the GTX 670 is Nvidia.

3.16gb wouldn't make it faster, but I suppose it would be more futureproof.

4.You won't get it for half the money, but you should save a decent amount.

It looks fine as-is.

You'll get better value building it yourself.

But if you're not comfortable with that, what you posted will do the job, just don't be surprised if a fan dies or the power supply blows.

Cyberpower aint Apple ya dig.

For some reason it doesn't show the GTX 670 2gb but thats what card I chose

Overclocking is overrated and I don't recommend doing it in the beginning.

Do it when the hardware is older and you're ok with possibly damaging it.

One of my rigs was OC for a year, then I turned off the OC and it wouldn't boot.

Basically the OCing melted the transistors so they only worked when the OC was on.

The sad part is I didn't even notice performance difference.

I don't OC anymore unless I'm using an older system that I'm ok with f*cking up.